tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16932358.post1801229000320643564..comments2007-12-12T03:18:57.624-05:00Bill of the Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16000245161006147448noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16932358.post-89740602412284986112007-12-12T03:18:00.000-05:002007-12-12T03:18:00.000-05:00Great post. The only thing lacking was a car chase scene. Glad y'all got your bird.Marvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03374936227735741953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16932358.post-89566914051664725452007-12-11T13:27:00.000-05:002007-12-11T13:27:00.000-05:00Gosh, Bill, I was on the edge of my seat...disappointed that you did not see the three-toed lifer...then uttered a quiet "Yay". Congratulations and thanks for a great story!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16932358.post-76860025239897845852007-12-11T10:06:00.000-05:002007-12-11T10:06:00.000-05:00Woo hoo! Beautiful!dguzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16932358.post-17003921975267213592007-12-10T19:32:00.000-05:002007-12-10T19:32:00.000-05:00A BT3 hunch is better than an Internet report! I am constantly amazed by your ability to call birds out of the air, Bill. You are one awesome birder. Congrats on the Lifer woodpecker. Are you going for the Ivory-billed next?<BR/><BR/>~Kathi, still waiting for her promised Golden-winged Warblers ;)KatDochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13186814675058675885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16932358.post-33761103557034615642007-12-10T17:39:00.000-05:002007-12-10T17:39:00.000-05:00Congratulations on finding your life bird!Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10510568676585443796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16932358.post-46041242089536549812007-12-10T11:25:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:25:00.000-05:00Yes. American three-toed woodpecker. Formerly known as black-backed three-toed woodpecker. Then it was northern three-toed. Now it's American three-toed.<BR/><BR/>I'm not always so good at keeping up with the AOU/BOU name changes.<BR/><BR/>I hear they might split it into Cordilleran, gilded, Baltimore, Kumlien's, and Wilson's three-toed woodpecker, but they're waiting on the results from the DNA lab.BT3http://www.blogger.com/profile/16000245161006147448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16932358.post-56716241848075373392007-12-10T11:19:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:19:00.000-05:00I assume this is the bird the ABA list calls American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com